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The blazing hot horn sounds of Hopetoun Brown are returning to Leigh Sawmill Café this Sunday August 20, and this time they are bringing top trumpeter and multi-instrumentalist Finn Scholes with them.
Scholes has just returned from touring overseas with Neil Finn, where he wowed audiences with his trumpet and keyboard skills. He also has his own band, Carnivorous Plant Society, whose music he describes as ‘Mexican sci-fi cinematic jazz’.
Hopetoun Brown’s Nick Atkinson says they have been touring with Scholes in the South Island and have put together a completely new show incorporating trombones, bass clarinets, saxophones, all manner of brass, and “new haircuts”.
“As well as his outstanding brass skills, Scholes is an impressive piano and vibes player, and he’ll really let rip on the 9ft grand piano on the Leigh Sawmill stage,” Nick says. “He also plays organ and tuba, but it’s his crescendos on the trumpet that really bring the smiles.”
Nick says the trio will be marching through the Sawmill crowd, New Orleans-style, and working through a repertoire “rooted in blues and informed by loops and beats”, with a mélange of Hopetoun Brown tunes, earthy Americana classics and Carnivorous Plant Society tripped-out jazz numbers.
The show is open to all ages, with doors open at 4pm and Hopetoun Brown on stage at 4.30pm. “So the kids can romp around the playground while the parents enjoy a legendary Sawmill pizza in front of one of our truly unique live acts … Come party with us!” Nick says.
Tickets cost $20 and are available at undertheradar.co.nz or on the door.
Info: www.undertheradar.co.nz/gig/55449/
TICKET GIVEAWAY – Mahurangi Matters has two tickets to give away. Send your name and number by email to editor@localmatters.co.nz with the subject line: Hopetoun Brown. Competition closes 4pm Friday August 18.
